TripAdvisor Reviews George Washington Hotel High Usworth

Travel Blogs from High Usworth

... we went back to the hotel with Leaine and Frank to watch the Australia vs Wales game and I wanted Wales to win but they didn't. Me and Leaine went for a walk to see the Gateshead Sage building and then went back to the hotel. We had dinner at an Indian Buffet restaurant and I ate lots and lots of ...

... it died. Managed to get to the edge of Newcastle without too many wrong turns. Then Darryn got his East and west wrong and took us on a detour out west. We needed to get right out to the coast on the east and ended up right in the middle of town on packed roads. Took us just about 2 hours from when we were on the edge of town to finally arriving at our hotel. Turns out our hotel was a big old building right on the waterfront in a small town ...

... in plenty of time, whereupon we joined 50000 springbok fans and the 5000 scots who weren't too cheap to shell out the big coin, in watching a great battle and an amazing Scottish try. A few beers later (but no Newcastle brown ale to be found!), I was back on the standing room only first class train back to London, arriving around midnight. Managed to watch. Bit of Australia taking England out of the tournament on a fellow passenger's smart ...

Drove about 40 miles (70k) to this castle. It was commenced in the 1300's and moved into by a family in early 1400's. It had an extension / remodel about 400 yeas ago. The original owners were caught out ripping off the government so a few of them had their heads removed. A while later another family purchased it and still have it. Wasn't allowed to take pics inside because they still live in it. By the time we got back it was too late for anything ...